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Folkestone

A digital computer image over a green park which has people in it.

Residents' views sought on new park play area

The play area will be in a public park that will be built in Bouverie Square in Folkestone.

Heavy machinery moving shingle on a beach to aid flood defences

Flood protection work to begin on Kent coastline

The eight-week long project aims to save more than 3,000 properties and businesses from sea damage.

A blue and white label on the back of a jacket reads police in all capital letters.

Man arrested after series of suspicious car fires

A man, 54, has been arrested on suspicion of arson and assaulting an emergency worker.

Jacob Zintel-Warner on his bike wearing his cycling gear by an exotic looking lake with mountains

Teacher spends one year cycling around the world

Jacob Zintel-Warner hopes to arrive back at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London by August.

a residential street with red brick housing on either side. The road winds around the corner at the top of the street.

Two charged with attempted murder after stabbing

A man, aged in his 50s, was attacked at a property in Folkestone on Friday night.

A street image of Firs Lane in Folkestone, with two Transit vans parked on the road and a lamppost in the foreground.

Four arrested after man stabbed in Folkestone

The victim, aged in his 50s, was attacked at a property in Firs Lane on Friday.

A child in a school uniform sat at a desk holding a smartphone.

'Boys formed Andrew Tate club in school' - teacher

Headteachers in Kent say children as young as seven have access to smartphones as they back a ban.

A view of a firefighter at the top of an extended platform above the roof of the building which can be seen partially destroyed. The sea is in the background

Fire crews remain at derelict hotel after blaze

The blaze in Folkstone is believed to be out but crews are still dampening down hotspots.

Jacob Zintel-Warner stands in front of a ravine and is wearing a Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity t-shirt.

Teacher nearing one year of round-the-world cycle

Jacob Zintel-Warner from Folkestone is aiming to arrive back in London in August.